Chapter 3 - Design Time Cost Reporting

The Underflow field in the Reporting Area now indicates a shortage of material. This is referred to as
Underflow to distinguish it from ordinary borrow. When necessary, an underflow pit is created at the
start of the alignment. Note that the cost is different now for two reasons:

• Haul costs are different because the underflow pit is not at the same location as the original
borrow pit.
• Excavation costs are also different. The cost of material from the underflow pit is
determined from the ground type table ($20.00/cu. m); the original borrow pit had an
explicit unit cost of $6.00/cu. m.
You may have also noticed that the Mass Haul diagram changed during this process.

Note: Overflow and Underflow is not shown in the Mass Haul diagram.

Finally, there is a small change in the Overflow volume (and totals); this is caused by a slightly
different sample set used in the optimal haul calculation. When there was a pit located at station
450, there were also a pair of automatic report points at stations 449.9 and 450.1; these report
points have been removed and the volume is slightly different.

Material quality application

At first glance this may seem strange; how can there be an excess and a shortage at the same time?
If you look carefully at the design, you will see that the designer has specified SR (rock) fill for a
portion of the road (menu Edit | Assign Parameters by Range, Fill Types tab). However, most of the
material being excavated along the alignment is GR (as defined in the Sub-Horizons tab of the same
dialog box). Because GR has a lower quality than SR (as defined in our Ground Types table, see
Figure 3-7: Cost Parameters), it cannot be substituted for the required SR fill.

In summary, we are short of rock fill, but we have an excess of gravel excavated from the roadway.

Sidecast of material
Sidecast provides an alternative to using a waste pit; material is discarded along the corridor beside
the road.

Open the Options dialogue box, select the Constraints tab, and then the Sidecast tab.

We have an excess of about 5000 Cu. m of material; the length of the alignment is 950m; this works
out to about 5 Cu. m/m. If we could discard this much material along the side of the constructed
road, we would no longer have to haul material to a waste pit.

Setup for Sidecast, as shown in the figure below:

Check the Active checkbox.

Enter a Linear sidecast of 5.0.

Leave the station range as is (“..” to “..” represents the whole road). But note that you can
define station ranges if desired.

Press Add/Edit (warning – it is easy to forget this step!).

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